Innovative Network of Knowledge
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
INNOVATIVE NETWORK OF KNOWLEDGE PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATION AND FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES TO DISADVANTAGED FAMILIES THANKS TO STRONG PARTNERSHIPS WITH DISTRICTS, INNOVATIVE (AND FUN!) CURRICULUMS AND PASSIONATE FOUNDATIONS FOR LEARNING AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS.
- Income
- $28.7 million
- Spending
- $28.7 million
- Spent on programs
- 88%
- Reserves
- -0.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- government grants, 91%
- Employees
- 536
- Volunteers
- 1,600
- Highest pay
- $254,037, president
Source: Form 990 for the year ending August 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 47 out of 100. Higher than 12% of charities in its peer group (youth development, $10m to $100m).
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
5 of 20It owes 61% of what it owns.
Living within its means
12 of 15Income exceeded spending by 0% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 14% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1588% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending August 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 28% of charities in its peer group (youth development, $10m to $100m).
Independent board
25 of 2510 of 11 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending August 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (5)
- $10.1 million spent. The JVLCDG grant provided educational services to 317 children during the 2024-2025 school year. The locations included Victoria ISD, Waelder ISD, Yoakum ISD, Nixon-Smiley ISD, Victoria HS and EHS, Cuero EHS, Edna HS, and Port Lavaca EHS. During the 2024-2025 academic year, the EHS CCP grant had a total of 120 children served. The centers that were open were Victoria, Boerne, Edna, Cuero, Port Lavaca, Yoakum under this grant. Partnerships with local libraries were made. Center managers partnered with the libraries in their areas and had a literacy program established where parents could get library cards and join events. The libraries donated backpacks and books to our center locations. Parents were involved with committees, events, and parent meetings at each center. Our Policy Council was established by a parent at every location, and many new ideas were suggested and implemented. Parades in this area are exciting and families participate by creating floats and dressing up. Toys for Tots is a big event, (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) The JVLCDG grant provided educational services to 317 children during the 2024-2025 school year. The locations included Victoria ISD, Waelder ISD, Yoakum ISD, Nixon-Smiley ISD, Victoria HS and EHS, Cuero EHS, Edna HS, and Port Lavaca EHS. During the 2024-2025 academic year, the EHS CCP grant had a total of 120 children served. The centers that were open were Victoria, Boerne, Edna, Cuero, Port Lavaca, Yoakum under this grant. Partnerships with local libraries were made. Center managers partnered with the libraries in their areas and had a literacy program established where parents could get library cards and join events. The libraries donated backpacks and books to our center locations. Parents were involved with committees, events, and parent meetings at each center. Our Policy Council was established by a parent at every location, and many new ideas were suggested and implemented. Parades in this area are exciting and families participate by creating floats and dressing up. Toys for Tots is a big event sponsored in Victoria where many of our Family Specialists helped families sign-up and participate. We have many community partners, but this year one stood out above the rest. The HEB Buddy Event took place which was a fun way to engage all of our centers with local HEB's that we partner with. Families completed activities as well as took Fall pictures with HEB Buddy. The education team set in motion more family engagement by launching Ready Rosie for parents. Through our growing partnerships with the ISD's, we have seen an increase in engagement to help prepare our children to be school ready.
- $6.8 million spent. The Innovative Network of Knowledge OPLA grant provided educational services to 475 children during the 2024-25 Year. The locations included Monroe, West Monroe, Sterlington, Richwood, Franklin Parish, Richland and Lincoln parish. The program had 7 EHS childcare partners. The program opened EHS/HS program in Lincoln parish. This has been very exciting for this parish. The program also landed 3 classrooms in the local school system. This partnership has made it a smooth transition for our Head Start students. Parents were involved in the parent committee and policy councils. The program also had local college interns to do speech and language services for the children. The program had a total of 289 volunteers for the year. Parent involvement has increased with the implementation of Ready Rosie.
- $4.3 million spent. The Alabama grant provided educational services to 80 children during the 2024-2025 school year. These children were Early Head Start ages birth to 3. Alabama served these children in 5 locations in Walker County: Jasper, Cordova, Dora, Curry, Townley. Partnerships with our local Capstone Clinic and Child Dentistry allowed us to provide medical and dental checkups for the children. We were able to form partnerships with our local school districts, Adam Bishop Center, and ARC of Walker County to provide speech, OT, and mental health services to our children and families. We partnered with The City of Lights, a recovery program for females and have been able to serve their children in our program while the mothers are learning a workforce skill. The policy council has been very involved in our program and voted to allow an expansion which added 6 more classrooms for this upcoming year for ages 3-5. Our family specialists provided recruiting activities each month and worked with our education coaches to provide, (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) The Alabama grant provided educational services to 80 children during the 2024-2025 school year. These children were Early Head Start ages birth to 3. Alabama served these children in 5 locations in Walker County: Jasper, Cordova, Dora, Curry, Townley. Partnerships with our local Capstone Clinic and Child Dentistry allowed us to provide medical and dental checkups for the children. We were able to form partnerships with our local school districts, Adam Bishop Center, and ARC of Walker County to provide speech, OT, and mental health services to our children and families. We partnered with The City of Lights, a recovery program for females and have been able to serve their children in our program while the mothers are learning a workforce skill. The policy council has been very involved in our program and voted to allow an expansion which added 6 more classrooms for this upcoming year for ages 3-5. Our family specialists provided recruiting activities each month and worked with our education coaches to provide families with information at monthly meetings to accommodate their needs. The partnerships formed have proven to be a great asset to our area.
- $4.0 million spent. During the 2024-2025 academic school year, the AKW Grant continued to serve children. Our Early Head Start program enrolled 80 children in our 3 standalone sites and our Head Start program continued serving 134 children through our partnerships with Floresville ISD and Charlotte ISD. We wanted to make sure our families continued to feel involved in their child's education by providing monthly parent meetings followed by family engagement activities. During the family engagement activities, families are invited to come to the center and join their child for a creative activity. During this time, families can see what the children have been learning about in the classroom as well. This year AKW added a by-monthly Father Engagement classroom activity to have more father and/or father figures involved in the children's education. AKW also added the Let's Read Together take-home activities to enhance reading at home with a family member. Parents also continued to volunteer and attend Policy Council meetings via zoom. Teachers continue to send home educational activities daily; this gives parents the opportunity to spend some time with their child at home extending on what they are learning at school. This school year we had 214 parent volunteers. AKW grant continues to implement the parent curriculum called Ready Rosie. Ready Rosie delivers parenting curriculum videos via text. The City of Poteet continued to provide volunteers services each month by mowing the yard, paying for water and trash services. The City of Poteet included in their yearly donations the opportunity to house AKW's mains office, training room and storage shed while donating the rental cost, water and trash services. Our stand-alone sites continue working with the local community partnerships to provide resources and referrals to our families on as needed basis.
- (Expenses $ 4,018,368 including grants of $ 962) During the 2024-2025 academic school year, the AKW Grant continued to serve children. Our Early Head Start program enrolled 80 children in our 3 standalone sites and our Head Start program continued serving 134 children through our partnerships with Floresville ISD and Charlotte ISD. We wanted to make sure our families continued to feel involved in their child's education by providing monthly parent meetings followed by family engagement activities. During the family engagement activities, families are invited to come to the center and join their child for a creative activity. During this time, families can see what the children have been learning about in the classroom as well. This year AKW added a by-monthly Father Engagement classroom activity to have more father and/or father figures involved in the children's education. AKW also added the Let's Read Together take-home activities to enhance reading at home with a family member. Parents also continued to volunteer and attend Policy Council meetings via zoom. Teachers continue to send home educational activities daily; this gives parents the opportunity to spend some time with their child at home extending on what they are learning at school. This school year we had 214 parent volunteers. AKW grant continues to implement the parent curriculum called Ready Rosie. Ready Rosie delivers parenting curriculum videos via text. The City of Poteet continued to provide volunteers services each month by mowing the yard, paying for water and trash services. The City of Poteet included in their yearly donations the opportunity to house AKW's mains office, training room and storage shed while donating the rental cost, water and trash services. Our stand-alone sites continue working with the local community partnerships to provide resources and referrals to our families on as needed basis.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending August 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending August 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since June 2012.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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